Glacial lake outburst flooding is a flood that's produced by the quick, unexpected release of water from a glacial lake.

When the peak of the annual glacial outburst flood hit early Wednesday morning in Juneau, newly installed flood barriers ...

The all clear has been given and residents have been allowed to return to their homes in Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a ...

The melting glacier was pouring water into a lake and river that runs through the state’s capital, threatening the area with ...

New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska’s capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented ...

For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...

A rush of glacial floodwater swept down Alaska’s Mendenhall River on Wednesday morning, prompting evacuation warnings in ...

Emergency officials say new barriers appear to have worked as planned, with only scattered reports of water leaks.

Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.

City officials say the HESCO barriers sustained around $1 million in damage during the 2025 glacial outburst flood.

Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...

Juneau city officials are looking at everything from dams to explosives to keep Mendenhall Valley residents safe from future ...